Wall and partition for buildings



Dec. 26, 1944.

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ttomeys Patented Dec. 26, 1944 2.366.109 WALL AND PARTITION FORBUILDINGS William George Hitchins, London, England Application October29, 1942. Serial No. 463,789

In Great Britain October 22, 1941 This invention relates to walls andpartitions for buildings and is directed towards the construction ofwalls and partitions for buildings at low cost and greater speed than ispossible in building by traditional methods.

The primary object of this invention is to provide wallsand partitionsbetween posts or other frame members having holes in the faces thereinat intervals by the use of slabs having grooves at both sides, dowelbars being arranged in the grooves between adjacent slabs and projectinginto the holes in the frame members.

Another object is to provide such dowel bars aforesaid slightly longerthan the distances between the faces of frame members so that they beinserted in position by deflecting them and snapping the ends into theholes in the frame members.

The partitions may be in the form of vertical partitions to form roomsor horizontal partitions such as floors or ceilings.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel combination and processes set out in the claims which follow.

In the accompanying drawings which illus-' trat the invention in adiagrammatic manner,

Fig. 1 shows in perspective a portion of an external wall of a buildingconstructed in one manner according to the invention,

Fig. 2 shows in perspective a portion of an internal partition,

Fig. 3 shows in vertical section the connection of a partition to a doorframe,

Fig. 4 shows a broken vertical section through an internal partition,

Fig. 5 shows an elevation, viewed from inside the building, of anexternal slab wall with separate internal and external slabs,

Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is part of a vertical section, to enlarged scale taken upon theline XX of Fig. 6.

Referring first to Fig. 1 of the drawings the wall consists of hollowslabs A arranged between vertical frame members or posts 3. The slabsconsist of inner and outer sheets 0, D respectively 1 of suitablematerial such as asbestos cement for the sheets C and plaster board forthe sheets D connected to timber frame members E grooved at top andbottom. 7

The posts B have shallow blind holes F in the sides thereof at spacedintervals. Dowel rods G- are housed in the grooves in the members E ofthe slabs A. These dowel rods G areslightly longer than the distancebetween the posts a and are u' 2 Claims. (Cl. 20-4) of timber or likematerial which can be bent sufficiently to enable them to be snappedinto the blind holes F in the posts 3 or to be inserted in any othermanner.

The bottom slabs rest upon a timber plate H resting upon the floor orconcrete surface.

The vertical joints between the slabs and posts and intermediate slabsare made weatherproof by cover fillets J.

Referring next to Figs. 2-4 the internal partitions consist of plasterboard sheets K secured to timber grooved frame members E and] stiffenedby rings L made from waste'wood veneer. The

rings L are arranged between the sheets K are secured thereto.

The frame members E of the slabs A present grooves on all four sidesrespectively of the slabs so that dowel rods G can be used for verticalconnection to door frames M Fig. 3 and also to vertical post members aspreviously described for the external wall.

Fig. 3 shows cover slips J for the joints between the slabs and doorframes.

Fig. 4 shows a bottom plate H, a corresponding top plate N, a cornice Pand skirtings Q, R.

Referring now to Figs. 5 to '7, inclusive-it will beapparent the outerwall slabs each consist of inner and outer sheets 25 of asbestos cementsecured to horizontal timber frame members 28.

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The outer wall slabs are clamped between intermediate vertical members21 of asbestos cement and vertical posts I by rods 28. These rods 28extend through the members 21 and the timber and tubular steel cores 3of post I. The rods 28 are also disposed in grooves in contiguous slabs.Clamping nuts 35 on the ends of the rods 28 bear on the posts I to holdthe rods and slabs in place. Asbestos cement strips 29 are interposedbetween posts I and the members 26 of adjacent slabs.

The inner wall is constructed of slabs 3| having panels or sheets 32 ofplaster board covered with finishing material, such as wood veneer forthe inner surface. The sheets 32 are secured to grooved frames 33 ofwood. Dowel rods G of wood or other material pass through verticaltimber battens 30 secured at intervals to the frame members 26 of theouter slabs. The rods G extend through slot shaped holes 34 in thebattens 80. These holes enable the slabs-to be'ioggled in place sincethe holes provide a certain amount of play. Thus the assembling of theslabs is facilitated. I

I claim:

1. A panel wall for a building comprising posts having holes in thesides thereof. slabs horizontal frame member each having grooves in itsupper and lower end surfaces respectively, each slab including inner andouter sheets in spaced relation to each other dowel bars extendingthrough said holes in the posts and each disposed in the grooves incontiguous slabs, vertical battens, internal slabs each having groovesin its upper and lower end surfaces respectively, and additional dowelbars disposed in the grooves in the contiguous internal slabs and alsoextending through said battens.

2. A building structure including vertical and arranged in rectanguouterand inner wall slabs each havlower end surfaces lar relation, inggrooves in its upper and respectively. outer battens arranged in spacedrelation with respect to each other and with respect to the verticalframe members between the latter, said outer wall slabs being arrangedin the spaces respectively defined by said frame and battens in contacttherewith, rods extending through said vertical frame and battens andeach rod also disposed in the grooves in contiguous slabs, innervertical battens laid against said horizontal frame members and disposedbetween adjacent inner wall slabs, and additional rods disposed in thegrooves in contiguous inner wall slabs and also extending through saidinner slabs.

WILLIAM GEORGE HITCHINS.

